Closure



Sept- 1940- E. M. REEDER 2,215,276

CLOSURE Filed Oct. 6, 1939 In ventor A itorneys Patented Sept. 17, 1940UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

provide a secondary closure for caps and the like which will be ofsimple construction and of low cost to manufacture.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will becomeapparent to the reader of the following specification.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the cap applied toa bottle.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational View of the cap applied to a bottle.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the closure and bottleshowing the closure applied.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of a modified form of the cap.

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the modified form of cap showing theretaining lug in bent-up position.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view on line 66 of Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawing wherein like numerals designate like parts, itcan be seen that numeral 5 represents a conventional bottle having athread formed neck 6 to which the cap generally referred to by numeral Iis applied.

This cap consists of the top 8 and the thread formed skirt portion 9.

As is clearly shown in Fig. 3, this form of cap is usually provided witha liner l0, and this liner, as well as the cap is formed withregistering openings l I, over which the closure flap [2 of thesecondary closure generally referred to by numeral I3 is disposable, itbeing preferable that this closure flap carry a packing pad or the likel4 on its side opposed to the cap 8.

This secondary closure is constructed from a sheet of spring metal, thesame being of elongated construction and slitted as at l5-l 5 to definethe narrow legs I6I6 which at their free ends are welded as at H to thetop of the closure cap 8 so that the closure flap l2 will be disposedover the openings H, while the finger tab: end portion 18 5 will projectoutwardly beyond the cap and this is preferably bent to an inclinedposition as shown in Fig. 3. Obviously by pushing inwardly on the tabl8, the closure flap 12 will be lifted so the liquid can bepoured'through the opening I I when the bottle is inverted.

A somewhat modified form. of the invention is shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6,wherein the cap is denoted by the reference character la, and thesecondary closure by reference character 13a. In 15 this connection theclosure flap is denoted by l2a, the legs by reference character [6a, andthe tab by reference character I8a.

Instead of having the leg I60. welded to the cap as shown in Fig. 1, thecap is slitted so as to define the bridge pieces [9 under which the legportions are slipped and furthermore the top of the cap is constructedto provide the lugs 20 which are bent over the closure flap [2a when themerchandise is being shipped. When the consumer is ready to use thecontents of the bottle, these lugs 20 can be bent upwardly to theposition shown in Fig. 5 and the closure l2a is now ready to beactuated.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specificterms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, sizeand materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit andscope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A closure for receptacle tops comprising an elongated strip of springmaterial slit to provide a pair of legs and a central portion at one endof said strip, the other end of the strip being bent 40 downwardly andin spaced relation to the receptacle top, said legs being positivelysecured to the top, said portion between the legs defining a closure forthe top of the receptacle and adapted to be moved upwardly by pushingthe downwardly bent end portion of the strip inwardly.

ELBERT M. REEDER.

